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Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum

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Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum is a planned museum in Hong Kong. It will be located in Kom Tong Hall, at 7 Castle Road, Central.

History

Kom Tong Hall is a historic building at Mid Levels, Central. It was accorded status Grade II historic building in 1990 by the Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB). The Kom Tong Hall was built in 1914. It was named after the former owner of the Mansion, Ho Kom-tong, who was a younger brother of the prominent philanthropist Sir Robert Ho Tung. The Ho family is the first Chinese family permitted to live in the Mid Levels in the early colonial period.

In 1971, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased the building and has used it since then.

In October 2002, the Church submitted an application to the Building Authority to demolish the building. The SAR government reached a consensus with the Church in preserving the building after series of negotiations. [1]

It will be converted into the museum, due to open in November 2006.

Reference

  1. ^ http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/news_20040404_2.php
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